Unit 2 Festivals and holidays Lesson 3 The Spring Festival课件(共22张PPT) 2025-2026学年英语冀教版八年级上册

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Festivals and holidays
Unit 2
3 The Spring Festival
Learning objectives
In this lesson, we will be able to:
Understand and describe the significance of the Spring Festival in Chinese culture, including its traditions, customs, and legends, such as the story of Nian.
Identify and use adverbials in sentences to provide additional information about actions, such as how, when, where, or why something happens, as demonstrated in the text about the Spring Festival.
This objective focuses on developing students' reading comprehension and information-processing skills, which are essential for effective communication and critical thinking.
1 Read the questions and give your answers.
What do you want to do during the Spring Festival
When is the Spring Festival this year
2 Read the passage and complete the mind map.
The Spring Festial, or Chinese New Year, falls on the first day of the first lunar month. It is the most important traditional festival in China.
There is a legend about the Spring Festival. Nian, the monster, came out on the last night of every year to eat humans and animals. But people discovered a secret: Nian was afraid of loud noises, bright lights, and the colour red. So people set off fireworks and firecrackers, hung red lanterns, and put Spring Festival couplets on the doors. This way, they could drive away Nian and bring good luck for the coming year.
2 Read the passage and complete the mind map.
There are lots of customs for the Spring Festival. People always clean their homes and buy new clothes for a fresh start to the new year.
They prepare delicious dishes with care and love. In northern China,
almost every family makes dumplings.
Many people stay up late on the eve of the Festival and set off firecrackers at midnight for good luck. Parents or grandparents give lucky money to children. People go to temple fairs and watch dragon and lion dances.
The Spring Festival is a wonderful opportunity for family members to gather, enjoy a meal, and celebrate the New Year together!
2 Read the passage and complete the mind map.
Spring Festival
legend
customs
Nian was afraid of:
What pepole did to drive away nian:
loud noises, bringt lights, the colour red
set off fireworks and firecracker, hung red lanterns, and put Spring Festival couplets on the doors
clean homes,
buy new clothes, prepare delicious dishes with care and love, make dumpings, stay up late on the eve of the Festival and set off firecrackers at midnight, give lucky money to children, go to temple fairs and watch dragon and lion dances
3 Pay attention to the parts in yellow and
underline the adverbials in Activity 2.
It is the most important traditional festival in China.
Nian, the monster, came out on the last night of every year to eat humans and animals.
This way they could drive away Nian and bring good luck for the coming year.
Adverbials are words or phrases we use to give more information about verbs, adjectives, adverbs or sentences. They often tell how, where, when or why something happens.
4 Read the sentences about the Spring Festival,
and then put them in the correct columns.
A Crowds of people watch dragon and lion dances on the street.
B Before the Spring Festival, people always go to the market and buy delicious food.
C Chinese people all over the world celebrate the Spring Festival in the traditional way.
D In southern China, almost every family makes tangyuan or niangao.
E On the eve of the Spring Festival, the whole family watches the Spring Festival Gala
on CCTV.
F We decorate the house with red lanterns.
B
when
How
Where
CF
E
AD
Show time
Checklist Stars
Language(语言正确)
Pronunciation(发音标准)
Body language(使用肢体语言)
Creation(有创意)
Excellent Great Good
Spread Chinese culture to the world
traditional festival常作句子的主语、宾语等成分，前面可加形容词性物主代词、定冠词等修饰。
Point
用法：
traditional festival意思是 “传统节日” ，指的是一个民族或地区长期传承下来、具有特定文化内涵和庆祝方式的节日。
例句：The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China.
（中秋节是中国的一个传统节日。）
1.It is the most important traditional festival in
China.
lunar month可在句子中作主语、宾语、定语等。
Point
用法：
lunar month表示 “农历月” ，是根据月亮的运行周期来确定的月份，中国传统农历就是以 lunar month 为基础。
例句：A lunar month is about 29.5 days.
（一个农历月大约是 29.5 天。）
2. ...falls on the first day of the first lunar month.
be afriad of 中的be 动词要根据主语的人称和数进行变化。
Point
用法：
be afraid of意为 “害怕……” ，后接名词、代词或动词-ing 形式 ，表示对某人或某物感到恐惧。
例句：He is afraid of making mistakes in front of others.
（他害怕在别人面前犯错。）
3. Nian was afraid of loud noises...
set off为及物动词短语，后接宾语，如 firecrackers（鞭炮）、fireworks（烟花）等。
Point
用法：
set off有 “燃放（鞭炮等）；出发；动身” 等含义 ，
例句：
They set off fireworks to celebrate their victory.
（他们燃放烟花庆祝胜利。）
We set off early in the morning for the mountain.
（我们一大早就出发去那座山。）
4. So people set off firecrackers and fircrackers...
drive away有 “赶走；驱赶” 的意思。
Point
用法：
drive away为及物动词短语，后接宾语。
例句：The farmers use scarecrows to drive away the birds.
（农民们用稻草人驱赶鸟儿。）
5. This way, they could drive away Nian and bring
good luck for the coming year.
B
一、单项选择
The Spring Festival is ______ most important traditional festival in China.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
2.People set ______ firecrackers to celebrate the New Year.
A. off B. out C. up D. on
3.She is afraid ______ snakes.
A. to B. of C. at D. in
4.There _____ many interesting things to see at the temple fair.
A. are B. is C. be D. /
C
A
A
二、用动词的适当形式填空
People usually ______ (clean) their homes before the Spring
Festival.
2. Last year, my family ________ (stay) up late to watch the Spring
Festival Gala.
3.Children ______ (receive) lucky money from their parents during
the Spring Festival.
4.In northern China, almost every family ______ (make) dumplings
during the Spring Festival.
clean
stayed
receive
makes
三、英汉互译
舞龙舞狮 ______________________
2.燃放鞭炮 ____________________
3.stay up late ____________
4.traditional festival ____________
dragon and lion dances
set off firecrackers
熬夜到很晚
传统节日
Required（必做）
Optional（选做）
Write a short essay of at least 60 words under the title "The Spring Festival in My Family". Introduce your family's activities during the Spring Festival, such as preparations before the Spring Festival and customs during the Spring Festival.
Search for more information on Chinese Spring Festival customs in English, and organize at least 5 unique customs of different regions or ethnic groups to celebrate the Spring Festival, record them in English, and share them with the class.